A Co-op Fix for the Global Economy — Sunflower Electric Power Corporation A Co-op Fix for the Global EconomyNobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz compares the global economic system to a frog in a pot of slowly boiling water. The water is not hot enough to prompt the frog to escape—until it’s too late.But cooperatives represent a model that can turn down the h...

Nobel prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz believes that #cooperatives should be a strategy for addressing global inequality.

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#CoopEconomy #WorkerOwned #EconomicJustice #FutureOfWork #EmployeeOwnership

Since 2005 Namaste has been a incredibly successful solar installation company. A part of their success can be attributed to their Employee Ownership culture; everyone works hard for a company that they have ownership for.
#EmployeeOwnership #workerowned #cooperativeeconomy 

How to convert a business into a worker-owned cooperative Cooperatives are a great way to bring democracy into the workplace. They can either be built from scratch or by converting existing businesses into worker-owned cooperatives. For retiring business owners as well as entrepreneurs, selling a business to employees is a way to strengthen their business while getting a return on investment. Melissa Hoover, executive […]

Do you know the steps involved in becoming a worker cooperative? Spend a few minutes with this classic Shareable article feat. tools from Democracy At Work Institute.

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#EmployeeOwnership #WorkerOwned

‘Casual staff or CEO, everyone gets the same’: How a social services agency transitioned to employee ownership | Future of Good A social services agency is the latest to benefit from Canada’s Employee Ownership Trust legislation.

BTS of Taproot Community Support Services' transition to employee ownership.

Find out how it works! futureofgood.co/casual-staff...

#EmployeeOwnership #EOTs #WorkerOwned #FairEconomy

#Islamophobia is promoted to make sure the working class never discovers #ShariaFinance is far fairer to themselves and supportive of #workerowned co-ops.

And to make sure it's hard obligations to #ecology as a science to #criticalthinking ethical stances to the living world, also aren't noticed.

Enterprising Owners: 30 Year Retrospective (2017) The people who create wealth in a enterprise should share in the wealth they created. This is the fundamental idea behind enterprises owned by its employees/workers.…

💡 What if the people who create the wealth actually owned it? This video dives into 30 years of employee ownership—from the 1980s to the future of work.

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#EmployeeOwnership #FutureOfWork #WorkerOwned #CoopEconomy #WealthBuilding

💸 What if your business loan didn’t drain you—but empowered you? Seed Commons offers non-extractive financing built for worker co-ops.

Discover: https://www.rmeoc.org/funding/seed-commons/

#SeedCommons #CoopEconomy #NonExtractiveFinance #WorkerOwned

A worker-owned cooperative turns a profit <p><strong>Can a counterculture retreat stay true to its mission?</strong></p>

💰 Think a worker co-op can’t compete? Think again. This Oregon cooperative is turning a profit and flipping the script on how business gets done.

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#WorkerOwned #EmployeeOwnership #CoopEconomy #InclusiveEconomy #BusinessSuccess

Democracy rides with you.
This Presidents Day, choose a ride that matches your values. Ride local with a driver‑owned co‑op: coloradodrivers.coop #PresidentsDay #Colorado #WorkerOwned #RideLocal #Cooperative

Employee Ownership Pays Dividends in Rural, Says Private Equity Firm | The Daily Yonder Winimac, Indiana – population 2,500, more than 60 miles from the nearest airport—is a pretty unlikely place to find hope for the future of our economy.

A private equity firm says the secret to saving rural businesses isn’t more investors—it’s employee ownership. 

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#EmployeeOwnership #RuralRevival #WorkerOwned

You can finally order!
Fresh mushrooms from the San Luis Valley are now available through the Sand Dunes Mushroom Cooperative. Donations are still welcome and deeply meaningful.
Order or give here: https://www.sanddunesmushroomcoop.com/store
#LocalFood #WorkerOwned #SanLuisValley #CommunityEconomy

Capitalism sucks. Cooperativism rocks.
#SupportWorkplaceDemocracy #DemocratizeTheEconomy #SupportWorkers #WorkerOwned #Coops #SupportUnions

Have you ever held a funeral for your business, to honor what came before, yet create a rich ground of being for a renewed way of doing business in a chaotic & shifting landscape? We’re “crazy” enough to give it a whirl! Part 2/4. #cooperatives #workerowned #collaborative #relationalnottransactional

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Joining our CSA means supporting a small, local, worker-owned farm business —where the people growing your food have a shared stake in the land and the work.

Make the world a better place.

#CSA #SupportLocal #WorkerOwned

New York cleaners create new path to entrepreneurship Can taking a trick from McDonald's help make co-operatives more efficient?

"What we've done is decided that the worker-owners can be their own engine of change, they can own the economy in their own way." www.bbc.com/news/busines...

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Important discussion on fascism in movies & how it deceives & placates people. #Fascism is boring. We need institutions to replace it. Build #WorkerCooperatives. #WorkerOwned #DemocratizeTheEconomy #PowerToThePeople
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#democracy #usa #gop #fascists

👉 Vote 'em Out!

ali on Instagram: "Organisation works when it is anchored in a specific, shared problem, not an abstract “fight fascism”. #politicalliteracy #medialiteracy #criticalthinking #propaganda #historyexplai... 18K likes, 537 comments - alimcforever on January 10, 2026: "Organisation works when it is anchored in a specific, shared problem, not an abstract “fight fascism”. #politicalliteracy #medialiteracy #c...

Important discussion on fascism in movies & how it deceives & placates people. #Fascism is boring. We need institutions to replace it. Build #WorkerCooperatives. #WorkerOwned #DemocratizeTheEconomy #PowerToThePeople
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THANK YOU to @baystatebanner.bsky.social for an editorial in support of #workerowned businesses, where workers not only profit but also *have a real voice* in the decisions that shape their companies. Check out this visionary piece: baystatebanner.com/2025/06/25/e...

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Throughout the fall, we organized & campaigned with our MA-wide Coalition for Worker Ownership & Power (COWOP) for Opportunity to Own legislation to help workers collectively buy their companies & convert them into #WorkerOwned #coops.

#Decentralize the shit out of #culture & #history, #crafts, #food & #traditions,
and keep them #slow & #skills & #community based,
organized & centered around #workers #co-ops & #democracy & #locality.

#Cooperatives #Coop
#WorkerOwned

What Changes When Employees Take Over a Company? After nearly 90 years in the grocery business in Northeast Ohio, the Buehler family announced last month that it is selling its stores. But the 13…

🥕 When Ohio-based Buehler’s Fresh Foods became employee-owned, it did more than change hands—it changed culture. See how ESOPs reshape businesses from the ground up.

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#EmployeeOwnership #WorkerOwned

Throwback to the Kick2Build Festival in Lafayette at the 5th annual Cultural Arts Music & Dance Festival!
Thank you to all the driver-members that came out to help!
#rideshare #gigworkers #coopcolorado #coloradoproud #workerowned #bouldercounty #Kick2Build #tbt

Throwback to an unforgettable night in 2023 celebrating #EmployeeOwnership in Colorado 🎉 Big thanks to our partners, supporters & storytellers who made it powerful. A true reminder of why we fight for a just, sustainable economy. #CoopsBuildCommunity #WorkerOwned

Why Join a Community of Practice? A community of practice (a CoP) is simply a group of people with a shared enthusiasm to work on something together in regular meetups.

Why join a Community of Practice? Because building a social co-op economy takes all of us. Learn how these spaces foster shared learning, strategy & solidarity.

www.rmeoc.org/social-coop-notebook/why...

#SocialCoops #CommunityOfPractice #CoopEconomy #WorkerOwned

Golden Oyster and Lions Mane mushrooms being grown in blocks ready to be harvested. The gourmet mushrooms are then being inspected for quality, weighed, and packaged.  Brilliant work from the Sand Dunes Mushroom Co-op!
#employeeownership #cooperative #co-op #workerowned

Colorado Tech Worker Coops: An Introduction Colorado Tech Worker Co-ops: An IntroductionRMEOC had the opportunity to talk with co-owners of three local tech worker coops based in Boulder and Denver. These values-oriented tech companies design and build software for websites and applications. They are friends and allies who often collaborate with each other. We’ll add to the profiles below as we… <a class="more-link" href="https://www.rmeoc.org/impact-stories/colorado-tech-worker-coops-an-introduction/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Colorado Tech Worker Coops: An Introduction</span></a>

💻 Colorado’s tech scene is going co-op. From software to design, worker-owned tech companies are proving there’s a more democratic way to innovate.

Explore the movement: www.rmeoc.org/impact-stories/colorado-...

#TechCoops #WorkerOwned #ColoradoTech

ALL HANDS is a couch coop sailing game that combines elements of games like Journey and Death Stranding.  
Work together to master everchanging winds in a post-revolutionary solarpunk world.

We are looking for publishing! Hit us up!

#PitchYaGame #Solarpunk #CouchCoop #WorkerOwned

Now that Zohran is mayor, all the businesses have to be co-ops. Daddy said.
#idontevenliveinnewyork #workerco-op #workerowned #unionizeyourjob #votesocialist

The San Luis Valley Language Justice Cooperative: Empowering people through language Meet the new Colorado interpretation co-op! Read about SLV Language Justice and the people behind it, Erica Maldonado and Deigo Pons.

🗣️ In the San Luis Valley, a group of interpreters built a worker-owned co-op to ensure language access and equity for their rural community.

How they did it: www.rmeoc.org/impact-stories/slv-langu...

#LanguageJustice #WorkerOwned #EmployeeOwnership #RuralEquity #CoopEconomy